Location: Tikal, Dept. of Peten, Guatemala | Caption: JM00853, Tikal, Stela 31, Left Side Figure | Category: Maya. Early Classic (445 AD) | Keywords: See also JM00851, JM00852, JM00853, JM00855, JM00856 (various texts of Stela 31) | Credit: Copyright © John Montgomery | Comments: Another portrait of this figure, Yax Nuun Ayin, the father of Siyaj Chan K'awil II who commissioned Stela 31. In both images (JM0053, JM0055) Yax Nuun Ayin carries a rectangular shield typical of Teotihuacan; and in this portrait he carries a Teotihuacan-style Atlatl. | |
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